Awards search:National Jewish Book Award

Yellow Star

by Jennifer Roy
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Holocaust, ages 9-12, Lodz, rachamim - compassion and mercy, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, ghettos, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland, Poland — 6 more, World War II, family, biography, written in verse, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4172
Status
Available
Call number
J F ROY

Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam

by Miriam Bodian
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Netherlands, Marranos, Sephardim, Amsterdam, history - 17th century
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3016
Status
Available
Call number
949.2 BOD

Hitler's Canary

by Sandi Toksvig
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
aiding those in distress, Holocaust, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Denmark, Denmark, theatre - theater, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3936
Status
Available
Call number
J F TOK

The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million

by Daniel Mendelsohn
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, family history - genealogy, Ukraine
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3786
Status
Available
Call number
973.04 MEN

Next Year in Jerusalem : 3,000 Years of Jewish stories

by Howard Schwartz
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, folklore - folktales - legends, Jerusalem, teshuvah - repentance
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
881
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.2 SCH

Next Year in Jerusalem: 3000 Years of Jewish Stories

by Howard Schwartz
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, folklore - folktales - legends, Jerusalem, teshuvah - repentance
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1976
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.2 SCH

Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition With Your Children

by Rabbi Daniel Gordis
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
parenting
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2439
Status
Available
Call number
296.74 GOR

Reluctant Return: A Survivor’s Journey to an Austrian Town (Jewish Literature and Culture)

by David W. Weiss
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Austria, Holocaust
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5178
Status
Available
Call number
943.612 WEI

The Story of Israel

by Meyer Levin
Hardcover, 1967
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Israel - history, Israel, ages 9-12, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1083
Status
Available
Call number
T 956.94 LEV

The hardest word : a Yom Kippur story

by Jacqueline Jules
Paper Book, 2001
Tags
forgiveness - selichot, teshuvah - repentance, Yom Kippur, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
469
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E JUL

The Hardest Word : A Yom Kippur Story

by Jacqueline Jules
Paper Book, 2001
Tags
forgiveness - selichot, teshuvah - repentance, Yom Kippur, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1276
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E JUL

The Hardest Word: A Yom Kippur Story

by Jacqueline Jules
Paperback, 2001
Tags
forgiveness - selichot, teshuvah - repentance, Yom Kippur, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5773
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E JUL

The Hardest Word: A Yom Kippur Story

by Jacqueline Jules
Paperback, 2001
Tags
forgiveness - selichot, teshuvah - repentance, Yom Kippur, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6534
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E JUL

The Hardest Word: A Yom Kippur Story

by Jacqueline Jules
Paperback, 2001
Tags
forgiveness - selichot, teshuvah - repentance, Yom Kippur, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6532
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E JUL

The Man from the Other Side

by Uri Orlev
Paperback, 1995
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, Warsaw, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, Israeli writer
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1731
Status
Available
Call number
T F ORL

The Golem : A Version

by Barbara Rogasky
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, community - kehillah, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, folklore - folktales - legends, ghettos, Golem, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, rabbis — 1 more, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
965
Status
Available
Call number
J F ROG

Sholom's treasure : how Sholom Aleichem became a writer

by Erica Silverman
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, ages 6-8, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, cheerfulness, biography, family, shtetl, Yiddish literature — 3 more, Sholem Aleichem, Ukraine, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1561
Status
Available
Call number
E B ALE

The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Immigration to America: An Interactive History With Removable Documents and Artifacts

by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
immigration and emigration, United States - history
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4731
Status
Available
Call number
T 305.892 TEL

The always prayer shawl

by Sheldon Oberman
Paperback, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kavanah - devotion, grandparents, AR book - MG, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, wearing a tallit — 4 more, faith in God, family, prayer - tefillah, immigration and emigration
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
62
Status
Available
Call number
E OBE

The always prayer shawl

by Sheldon Oberman
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kavanah - devotion, grandparents, AR book - MG, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, wearing a tallit — 4 more, faith in God, family, prayer - tefillah, immigration and emigration
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
63
Status
Available
Call number
E OBE

Always Prayer Shawl, The

by Sheldon Oberman
Paperback, 1993
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kavanah - devotion, grandparents, AR book - MG, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, wearing a tallit — 4 more, faith in God, family, prayer - tefillah, immigration and emigration
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5426
Status
Available
Call number
E OBE

The Always Prayer Shawl (Reading Rainbow Books)

by Sheldon Oberman
Paperback, 2005
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kavanah - devotion, grandparents, AR book - MG, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, wearing a tallit — 4 more, faith in God, family, prayer - tefillah, immigration and emigration
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5726
Status
Available
Call number
E OBE

Real Time

by Pnina Moed Kass
Paperback, 2006
Tags
teen - young adult, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - MG+, aiding those in distress, honoring elders, Arab-Jewish relations — 7 more, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, Holocaust - survivors, Intifada, Arab-Israeli conflict, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Palestinians, Palestine
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1532
Status
Available
Call number
T F KAS

Mixed Blessings: Marriage Between Jews and Christians

by Paul Cowan
Hardcover, 1987
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, intermarriage, outreach, Christianity
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2097
Status
Available
Call number
306.843 COW

Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Person's Guide to Building a Jewish Life

by Edward Feinstein
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, CHAI Lit List Level 7, CHAI Lit List Level 5, URJ Middle School list, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, loving God, God, Judaism, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1392
Status
Available
Call number
T 296.708 FEI

Poems for Jewish Holidays

by Myra Livingston
Hardcover, 1986
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, poetry, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Tu b'Shevat, Purim, Passover, Yom Ha'atzma'ut — 5 more, Shavuot, Tisha b'Av, Shabbat - Sabbath, Havdalah, holidays
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1549
Status
Available
Call number
J 811.54 LIV

A Heart of Many Rooms: Celebrating the Many Voices Within Judaism

by David Hartman
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Israel, Orthodox Judaism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2482
Status
Available
Call number
296.832 HAR

Just enough is plenty : a Hanukkah tale

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Hanukkah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
340
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GOL

Just enough is plenty : a Hanukkah tale

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paper Book, 1990
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Hanukkah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
405
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GOL

Just Enough Is Plenty: A Hanukkah Tale (Picture Puffins)

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paperback, 1990
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Hanukkah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5630
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GOL

The Book of Customs: A Complete Handbook for the Jewish Year

by Scott-Martin Kosofsky
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
holidays, calendar, Shabbat - Sabbath, Rosh Hodesh, Passover, Yom Ha-Shoah, Lag b'Omer, Shavuot, Tisha b'Av, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur — 12 more, Suukot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Purim, weddings, circumcision, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, death, grief and mourning, life cycle events
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5004
Status
Available
Call number
296.4 KOS

The Holocaust: A History of Courage and Resistance

by Bea Stadtler
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, National Jewish Book Award, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, courage - ometz lev, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2152
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 STA

Bagels from Benny

by Aubrey Davis
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Canadian Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Tot Shabbat list, tikkun olam - repairing the world, mitzvah - mitzvot, tzedakah - charity, grandparents, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim — 13 more, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, feeding the hungry, generosity, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov, spirituality, social activism, folklore - folktales - legends, food, synagogues, bagels, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1220
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 DAV

Bagels from Benny

by Aubrey Davis
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Canadian Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Tot Shabbat list, tikkun olam - repairing the world, mitzvah - mitzvot, tzedakah - charity, grandparents, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim — 13 more, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, feeding the hungry, generosity, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov, spirituality, social activism, folklore - folktales - legends, food, synagogues, bagels, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5820
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 DAV

Bagels from Benny

by Aubrey Davis
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Canadian Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Tot Shabbat list, tikkun olam - repairing the world, mitzvah - mitzvot, tzedakah - charity, grandparents, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim — 13 more, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, feeding the hungry, generosity, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov, spirituality, social activism, folklore - folktales - legends, food, synagogues, bagels, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6861
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 DAV

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Israel, Minnesota Book Award, ages 6-8, community - kehillah, kindness to animals, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, work ethic, cheerfulness — 2 more, optimism, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
31
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Paperback, 2009
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Israel, Minnesota Book Award, Linda Silver, kindness to animals, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, work ethic, cheerfulness, community - kehillah — 2 more, optimism, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1234
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Paperback, 2008
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Israel, Minnesota Book Award, Linda Silver, kindness to animals, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, work ethic, cheerfulness, community - kehillah — 3 more, optimism, animals, occupations
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3770
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Paperback, 2009
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Israel, Minnesota Book Award, ages 6-8, community - kehillah, kindness to animals, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, work ethic, cheerfulness — 2 more, optimism, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4140
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

A Box of Candles

by Laurie A. Jacobs
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, ages 6-8, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, AR book - LG, dating, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1773
Status
Available
Call number
E JAC

Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Paperback, 2006
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, mensch - decent person, AR book - LG, work ethic, folklore - folktales - legends
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1170
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Paperback, 2006
Tags
PJ Library, AR book - LG, work ethic, folklore - folktales - legends
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3188
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Paperback, 2006
Tags
PJ Library, AR book - LG, work ethic, folklore - folktales - legends
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3189
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost

by Ann Redisch Stampler
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
PJ Library, AR book - LG, work ethic, folklore - folktales - legends
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5258
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 STA

The Master of Miracle: A New Novel of the Golem

by Sulamith Ish-Kishor
Paper Book, 1971
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Golem, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, Prague
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
962
Status
Available
Call number
J F ISH

Wise and Not So Wise: Ten Tales from the Rabbis

by Phillis Gershator
Paperback, 2009
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 5 (1 story), mitzvah - mitzvot, honesty - emet, Shabbat - Sabbath, Israel - ancient, folklore - folktales - legends, Midrash, rabbis, Talmud
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1569
Status
Available
Call number
J 296.19 GER

Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind

by Catherine Reef
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, biography, Austria, science
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1750
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRE

Becoming Gershona

by Nava Semel
Paper Book, 1990
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Israel, Tel Aviv, Israeli writer
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
984
Status
Available
Call number
J F SEM

Tell Me Another Morning: An Autobiographical Novel

by Zdena Berger
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Holocaust, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, Prague, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, teens - teenagers, Holocaust - concentration camps, women, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4119
Status
Available
Call number
T F BER

Yussel's Prayer: A Yom Kippur Story

by Barbara Cohen
Paperback, 1993
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, Tot Shabbat list, humility, Yom Kippur, prayer - tefillah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1631
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E COH
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